Nechunya would dig ditches for water, cool and warm, for the pilgrims to Jerusalem. Yet his child died of thirst. Plus another version that seems to be about him. Wherein a pious man (who gave everyone water) who would not accept consolation when his daughter died in water. Until that version is revised to show that she is saved. The Gemara is distressed at the notion that the righteous father would see suffering via his child. Plus, parallel stories about Beit Garmu and Beit Avtinasand the lechem hapanim and the incense, respectively, where they each stopped doing their tasks in the Temple, and Alexandrians were called in and they weren't able to do either task as well as the respective family members, so the family was called back in... Also, R. Akiva with perspective on personal honor.